{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-risk-material-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-risk-material-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/552",
  "legislation_title": "The Specified Risk Material Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/specified-risk-material-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Consignment of specified risk material",
  "text": "(1) Once specified risk material has been removed from the carcase of a ruminant animal and treated in accordance with these regulations, or, in the case of specified solid waste, recovered from the drainage system, the person responsible for its removal or recovery shall, without unreasonable delay, send it directly to—\n(a) a collection centre;\n(b) a rendering plant;\n(c) premises referred to in regulation 12(a);\n(d) an approved incinerator; or\n(e) premises licenced for the purpose of Article 10 of the Specified Risk Material Order (Northern Ireland) 1997.\n(2) Any person consigning specified risk material from the place where it was removed from the carcase of a ruminant animal or recovered from a drainage system shall keep a consignment record for two years from the date of consignment.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 21 in operation at 1.1.1998, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/552/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:25:48.982052+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}